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TLS ( 2006-05-03 )

Source: The Stars of Hollywood Forever: 1901-2006

Best known as Commando Cody in Republic Pictures serial Radar Man From The Moon, he worked in the coal mines of West Virginia through his teens and joined the Navy in 1936 - he became the Pacific Fleets light heavyweight boxing champion. He served four years in WWII and later worked as a bartender in Hollywood where he would sing along with the jukebox. Wallace died from complications of a fall hed taken while vacationing in Italy.